Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer of popular
genre fiction, with a principal focus on works about zombies. It has been said that "with a little more talent and application, she could have been the
Stephenie Meyer of her day."
[citation needed] It has also been successfully argued that her work was a significant influence on other zombie writers such as
Mary Shelley and
Mrs Gaskell.
Her principal claim to fame, however, is her relationship with the celebrated alien hunter
George Wickham, resulting in the notorious work known as
Pride and Prejudice. The resulting controversy all but destroyed her career, although she did write several more novels, all of which were received with general indifference from the book-buying public. Several more books appeared under her name posthumously, but most Austenologists regard these as little more than contemptible forgeries. (
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